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Jerusalem’s mayor speaks to North American Jews

a tone that might be described as reluctant defiance, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last week asked for the support of American Jews during the violent Palestinian unrest...

Attacks have Jerusalemites learning self-defense

The current wave of terrorist stabbing attacks has left many Israelis living in Jerusalem and the rest of the country on edge. In light of the current security...

Timeline of terror in Israel

TEL AVIV — The past week has seen a wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis and Israeli military operations, prompting fears of a third intifada. Here’s a timeline of...

Hate and violence in the Holy Land

TEL AVIV — First it was clashes on the Temple Mount. Then a mother and father — Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin — were shot before the eyes of their […]

Temple Mount status quo rocked

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Relative quiet returned to the Temple Mount following three days of violence and clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters. A...

Israel, too, has a migrant crisis

ROSH HASHANAH EDITIONSECTION A PAGE 23 TEL AVIV — With hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring across the borders of the EU, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced...

Is a Hamas-Israel deal in the offing?

TEL AVIV — After more than a decade of failed diplomacy, Israel could be close to signing a major agreement with the Palestinians. They’re just not the Palestinians...

Two murders: Israel reels from stabbing, arson

TEL AVIV — The murder of a 16-year old girl at Jerusalem’s gay pride parade has sparked calls for LGBT-rights legislation — as well as pushback from those who oppose...

Ten years since Gaza withdrawal

For the 9,000 Gush Katif residents uprooted from their homes during Israel’s unilateral 2005 disengagement from the southwestern edge of Gaza, memories of life in the...

Young Jews from India visit Israel

One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is home to the majority of India’s Jewish population. Among the 12 million people that...